Quality Gal is a small writing website that hires writers to research and write articles that are heavily based on links. There are two main editors as far as I know. All inquiries are answered via email within one business day.

Writing Style(s)

Most articles consist of a few paragraphs and about 15-35 links. These links need to be from quality websites which Quality Gal lists as websites ending in .org, .edu, or .gov. They do accept some .com sites as long as they are not overpowered by ads but the bulk of the links need to be from .org, .edu, or .gov. Quality Gal is not overly picky about style and voice. All they ask is that you write in the second or third person, adhere to proper grammar, and write quality articles with links from the aforementioned types of websites. The editors are quick to answer questions via email.

Payment Details

Most articles pay $12-$15, depending upon the number of links and so forth. They pay once per week on Friday but you need to submit an invoice through the writer panel on Thursdays before 4 PM EST. Quality Gal accepts international writers but asks for a social security number if you are from the U.S. as they are a U.S.-based 1099 company. You will be asked to fill out a W-9, if accepted regardless of your country of origin. This is most likely for accounting purposes.

Personal Experience

Most of my experiences with Quality Gal have been good. When I’ve had questions, they’ve been answered in a timely manner by one of the editors. Recently, due to my own negligence I have had some issues. I’ve been writing articles when I am dead tired and have forgotten to fact-check at times. Despite this, they have still been very friendly and professional. The only other issue I had recently was that I submitted an invoice on Thursday and never got paid on Friday like I was supposed to. I am assuming that it is because I submitted it very late on Thursday so it will most likely be processed this Friday.

Opinions

Quality Gal is okay. They aren’t a bad place to work, especially if there isn’t much else going on. I can’t tell you how many times I thought I was going to get stuck with awful DS and there they were to save my hide. I’m really happy with them, actually. The only thing that bothers me is that there can often be a lack of available or interesting topics. Sometimes there are only one or two and sometimes there are no topics at all. QG usually remedies this issue within a couple of days.

Personally, I would stick with the easy articles and if you’re a quick researcher that is also a plus. I’ve noticed that the shortest amount of time I have been able to complete an article is one hour so keep that in mind when you claim topics. I wouldn’t claim anything less than the $15 ones unless things are very, very slow all across the board. You also might want to take the red, “urgent” topics because that helps the company. Remember, with small companies like these you really want to help them out to make sure that they keep getting work in the system. Do nothing short of your best. These small, friendly companies like Quality Gal are the ones that we want to have around for a long time.

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